The cemetery was formed when a student died in 1839 and was buried on campus. His family eventually has his body moved, but another student, William J. Crawford, who died of typhus fever on July 6, 1844, was buried in the same grave. President Manly…

According to U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949, Pfc. Adam Wade was killed on December 29, 1944, while serving with the 366th Infantry Regiment. Pfc. Wade was the son of Mrs. Julian Wade of…

Sgt. Marshall A. Poore was killed in 1942 while in the service of his country. A photo of Sgt. Poore's grave can be found at this site: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=111258469&PIpi=158803192.

Robert Loveman was a poet and songwriter who was quite popular in his day. He composed a poem called "Rain Song." often called "April Showers," with the line "It isn't raining rain you know. It's raining violets."

According to U.S. National Cemetery Interment Control Forms, 1928-1962, Pfc. Doyle H. Spann died on March 2, 1945, while serving with the United States Army in Europe. Pfc. Spann was the son of Harvey and Ida Spann. A photo of Pfc. Spann's grave can…